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Man lunges at man accused in brother's stabbing death in court

There was chaos in a courtroom Monday when a family member of a man who died in a vicious stabbing lunged at the suspect as he appeared in court.

Updated: 5:29 PM EDT Aug 26, 2013

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Man lunges at man accused in brother's stabbing death in court

There was chaos in a courtroom Monday when a family member of a man who died in a vicious stabbing lunged at the suspect as he appeared in court.

Updated: 5:29 PM EDT Aug 26, 2013

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Man lunges at man accused in brother's stabbing death in court

There was chaos in a courtroom Monday when a family member of a man who died in a vicious stabbing lunged at the suspect as he appeared in court.

Updated: 5:29 PM EDT Aug 26, 2013

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WEBVTT JACK HARPER TALKED TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILY TODAY. JACK? IT WAS THE DETAILS THAT GOT TO ONE OF THE RELATIVES, THE PROSECUTOR TALKING ABOUT 69 STAB WOUNDS, WHEN THE BROTHER OF THE VICTIM WENT FOR IT. HEARING DETAILS OF HIS BROTHER'S MURDER TOO MUCH FOR TOM RUSSO. FOR THE TIME HE WAS OUT COURTROOM, THIS COURT OFFICER WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND HURT, NOT SERIOUSLY. EVENTUALLY THE MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING RONALD RUSSO HELD ON A MILLION DOLLARS BAIL. PETER DECONINCK ALLEGEDLY TOLD POLICE HE WAS AT THE TRAILER IN LEE'S TRAILER PARK, BUT I DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY, AND IF I DID IT WAS SELF DEFENSE. THE BLOOD WAS JUST EVERYWHERE. BLOODY AND BELLIGERENT, DECONINCK WAS ARRESTED AN MBTA STATION CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS FRIEND RONALD RUSSO AFTER AN ARGUMENT IN WHICH BOTH MEN ALLEGEDLY GRABBED KNIVES. HE'S A GREAT KID, DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. A PROSECUTOR TOLD THE COURT DECONINCK HAS A LONG RECORD INCLUDING 20 DEFAULTS. THE JUDGE RELEASED TOM RUSSO ON PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE, SAYING SHE DIDN'T CON CONE HIS OUTBURSTS, BUT SHE UNDERSTANDS IT. RUSSO WENT OUT A BACK DOOR, NOT TALKING. FAMILY DID THE SAME THING EARLIER, SO HE GOES HOME AND